Hi all - is it possible today, and if not perhaps a request for this - to change the settings that determine interface speeds? Specifically when selecting anything in Plex, changing menus, exiting out of show or folder into upper layer there is a perceptible delay. Seems there are some jquery-style functions going on that fade out and in and so on - and in HTML this is changeable... but where is this in PlexConnect?
In normal IOS the first thing I want to do is turn off the screen delays Apple puts in. While it makes for a pretty interface, changing the speed to be zippier makes the device feel 2x as fast. Same deal with PlexConnect - after using it so long, it now seems laggy - of course it's no slower than before, just seems it.
Thanks Baa - though as a web dev it seems to me the delays I talk about are artificial. As I said, part of jquery or something like that. I'm on N network, limited nodes, close to access point, high-end mac serving only Plex, newer Apple TV running nothing else. Sure it could be IOS - in which case I wonder if the same hacks that work on iphone/ipad will work here - to reduce the transition time. That's all I'm looking to speed up - is interface transitions as the fade in/out is really slowing things down for no reason other than appearance. I may dig through the source on PlexConnect and see if there is something obvious there. Maybe fork or suggest it to devs.
In the meantime, if anyone has any other thoughts, please jump in.
This will not completely resolve the slow interface delay but, I have noticed an improvement (subjective obviously) when I forced all connectivity to be fixed addresses (DNS, PMS & Plexconnect). YMMV
To be complete - where are all the settings that you changed?
Server, AppleTV, PlexConnect web app etc.. I can see changing the ones I know and missing a key one and nothing would be different. DOH!
Thanks in advance.
FWIW - I did a git clone on the repository and just as stated, I don't see anything in the PY or JS code that uses jquery or anything like that. In fact I don't really see what draws the display at all - if someone can point me to that I may be able to dig deeper. But if this is using base IOS web routines to draw the screen then those can't be controlled without jailbreaking.
cheers
This will not completely resolve the slow interface delay but, I have noticed an improvement (subjective obviously) when I forced all connectivity to be fixed addresses (DNS, PMS & Plexconnect). YMMV
Made changes in ' settings.cfg ' located in the folder Plexconnect Master (btw I'm on OSX) - be careful messing around in there :unsure:
Also in settings on the aTv, I set all the network addresses to static ip's ie manual vs automatic. Remember DNS here should be that of your machine running PMS & Plexconnect. BTW: the PMS machine should be assigned a static ip as well!
Thanks tons Baa for sharing that - helps a ton in understanding it now. I saw all the XML content and couldn't add 1+1 to determine how the HTML code made it to render. So much for my ideas then. I'll give the static IP route a shot - thanks all!
